On Sat, 29 Nov 2008 22:16:35 -0000, Chambers <ben### [at] pacificwebguycom> wrote:

> (For those who don't know, Black Friday refers to the last Friday in
> November in the US, and it is the single busiest shopping day of the
> year.  Traditionally, most retailers either make very poor profits, or
> actually lose money, all year until that day.  That is, all year long
> they're "in the red," until they begin turning a profit on this day,
> when they're "in the black").

As Andrew mentioned it's something we only see here during big stupid  
sales "£200 now £10 for first two customers only" type of thing which  
happen either at the New Year Sales or at an opening event.

The footfall traffic here seems to start the week before Xmas and then  
builds as everyone realises that the stores will be closed for an entire  
day and get in enough food to feed an army for a week. Highly justified in  
that if you don't the shelves will be as depleted as you mention when you  
do want something; oh wait self-fullfilling prophecy.

Wonder what it'll be like this year with the doom & gloom?

-- 
Phil Cook

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